What does Current mean in a power amp???

~~~~Seandtaylor99's first post sums it up best as Zaikesman concurs.

A chart of component synergy, preamps / amps / speakers, actually used by members, good results/bad results. Perhaps a starting point for all who wish to try different combinations and avoid proven mismatches. Would need a volunteer to do the spread sheet/chart. Audiogon could have this as a free access page (members only)? Updated regularly as combinations are tried. Anyone care to comment on this idea?

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Plinius SA100 IMO is a champ.

Fbi: Hhang onto your hat. From what i hear through the grapevine, such a "feature" might not be that far down the road. The folks at A-gon have got some really "groovy" tricks up their sleeves from what i've been told.

Marakanetz: I have very limited experience with Plinius products. I have heard a Plinius preamp driving an SA-100 ( don't know if it was an original, Mk II, etc.. ) on one occasion. I was not familiar with the recordings but the front end was a three piece Metronome transport & matching tubed DAC with external power supply. The speakers were custom built sub / sat's with a ribbon tweeter and dual mid-woofers arranged in an MTM. Cables were Kimber if i remember correctly. While i don't know exactly which pieces contributed to what i remember hearing the most, all i know is that the sound was phenomenally hard and sterile and gave me listening fatigue in a matter of minutes. I've been told that the Plinius gear is very smooth and warm sounding, so it makes me wonder just how "bad" the rest of the gear would have had to have been to make things sound the way that it did. Sean
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To answer MBurns question........I am driving the base sub woofers of the Infinity RS 1_B's. It is described as a low impedence speaker....I believe it is 4 ohms.

Sean, Indeed Plinius gear(listened in several setups) is worm and musical. The situation you're describing I heard with Merylin speakers but than again I've never heard Merylins soft or musical.
SA-100 has a large range of operating in class A(upto 25W/ch) and has a closes to the tubes midrange. I assume that it will do the best with low-impedance speakers such as JM Lab 921, Thiel 3.6 and might be bright and hard driving high impedance speakers such as Coinsident.